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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, N ov em be r 22 ,2 01 8 | 30 ArborMemorial Inc. Did you know you can transfer your pre-arranged funeral plan to Glen Oaks at no additional cost? Ask us how today: 905-257-1100 3164 Ninth Line, Oakville, ON glenoaks.ca byArborMemorial GlenOaks Funeral Home &Cemetery Already Pre-Arranged Elsewhere? this happening." She argues the integrity of the vote was maintained and that a byelection is not warranted as the error was caught well in advance of any voting period starting and immediate action was taken by the town to correct the issue. Not every candidate, however, is satis- fied with this conclusion.fied with this conclusion.f The Ward 7 electoral race was particu- larly close. In the Ward 7 town and regional council- lor race Pavan Parmar got 570 votes while her closest rival, Shahrez Daniyal Hayder, got 502. The Ward 7 town councillor race was even closer with Jasvinder Sandhu receiv- ing 551 votes while Saima Zaidi received 532 - a 19-vote difference. Zaidi says the town made her aware of the error prior to the election, but told her they were fixing it. She believed all the re- vised voter cards would be hand delivered. Zaidi now has concerns that all those impacted may not have received their re- vised voter cards. "Those 179 households didn't necessari- ly have just one voter in them. Normally there would be two, on average," said Zaidi. "So you double the figure to 358 roughly - only 96 voter cards were hand delivered so what happened to the rest? They were mailed out - all of them?" She also questions whether the town's electronic voting system would have al- lowed everyone to vote in the correct ward. Zaidi said she has spoken with some Ward 7 residents who allege they attempt-Ward 7 residents who allege they attempt-W ed to vote in Ward 7 using the Ward 6 voter cards, but were turned away. She is calling for the town to carry out an investigation to determine whether all the eligible voters in these 179 households got their revised voter cards and whether those residents who attempted to vote in Ward 7 were successful.Ward 7 were successful.W Zaidi said she is in talks with a lawyer to determine what she will do next on this front.front.f "For me, having only a 19-vote differ- ence, this is definitely very alarming for me," said Zaidi. "It is also very disappointing for me at the same time." Ward 7 town councillor-elect JasvinderWard 7 town councillor-elect JasvinderW Sandhu issued the following statement when reached for comment. "As you know, I was one of the many candidates in Ward 7 affected by the mis- take on the voter cards. The town clerk's office called each of the candidates and notified us all of the error prior to advanced polling and indicated that they were rectifying the situation," she said. "I have full confidence that the clerk's of- fice did so."fice did so."f MUNICIPAL ELECTION Continued from page 5 COUNCILLOR-ELECT HAS 'FULL CONFIDENCE' IN PROCESS TO REMEDY ISSUE STORY BEHIND THE STORY Reports of voter notification card mix-up in Ward 7 leading up to the Oct. 22 municipal election prompted the Beaver to ask questions of the Town, which confirmed that an error did occur. THE ISSUE: VOTER CARD MIX-UP LOCAL IMPACT: SOME QUESTION WHETHER RESIDENTS RECEIVED REVISED VOTER CARDS